The young, naive Annie enters a hotel to spend the night - without
knowing that it's this special kind of hotel, that serves more than
breakfast. Curiously she walks around and watches the maids doing their
job. She's especially fascinated of a forbidden room, where a silent,
strange guy lives.

This is a superior example of a European softporno, one of the few that
dares to use the form of a (kind of) drama, without pretending to have
become an arthouse picture. In other words: we are not subjected to the
violence, humiliation, or silly humour that is so common in 1970s sleaze
or
the B-movies of the video era; neither do we have to endure any attempts
to
bring a message across as in the naughtier arthouse pics. This is an
erotic
film, full stop.

Miele di donna belongs to the rare breed of films which are genuinely
erotic
rather than just titillating. Its strength is the semi-real and
overcharged
atmosphere created by the cinematography, the sets, and Ortolani's
excellent
music. It is somewhat debatable whether it was a good move to cast Clio
Goldsmith in the lead, as she does not manage to radiate any innocence as
her character seems to demand and she generally appears a wee bit bland.
However, one could argue that her character's innocence is faked anyway,
after all she is the focus of a female sexual fantasy; actually, of two
female fantasies, as the bulk of the film is a dream in a story in another
story. In this sense, Ms Goldsmith plays a nice faked
innocence.

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